The Asheville Citizen-Times reports a handful of students from Community High School were in court Wednesday morning to support a former teacher charged with four counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor.

Tony Alan Henthorn, 29, was charged with possessing “material that contains a visual representation of a minor engaged in sexual activity with knowledge of the material’s character or content,” according to arrest warrants issued in January.

Henthorn appeared in Buncombe County District Court today to face the felony charges. The probable cause hearing was continued to April 25.